13-letter words containing p, e, r, b
- peanut butter — a paste made from ground roasted peanuts, used as a spread or in cookery.
- pebble garden — a small ornamental garden mainly composed of an arrangement of pebbles
- pebble heater — a heat exchanger utilizing refractory pellets to store and give off heat.
- pembrokeshire — a historic county in Dyfed, in SW Wales.
- pencil rubber — a piece of rubber used for erasing something written in pencil; eraser
- pentobarbital — a barbiturate, C 1 1 H 1 7 N 2 O 3 , used as a hypnotic and as a sedative.
- perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
- perboric acid — a hypothetical acid, HBO 3 , known only in the form of its salts.
- perching bird — any member of the avian order Passeriformes.
- perditionable — deserving perdition or damnation
- perennibranch — any amphibian that retains its gills throughout its life
- perishability — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- personal best — A sports player's personal best is the highest score or fastest time that they have ever achieved.
- peruvian bark — cinchona (def 2).
- phenobarbital — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
- phlebographic — relating to phlebography or the X-ray imaging of a vein that has been injected with a dye that is visible on the image taken
- pigeon breast — chicken breast.
- pine grosbeak — a large grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator, of coniferous forests of northern North America and Eurasia, the male of which has rose and gray plumage.
- plain bearing — any of various bearings, not containing rolling elements, that present to the shaft or axle they support broad areas of corresponding form, usually segments of a cylinder.
- plant breeder — a botanist concerned with the origin and evolution of plants
- pleasure boat — recreational vessel
- polycarbonate — a synthetic thermoplastic resin, a linear polymer of carbonic acid, used for molded products, films, and nonbreakable windows.
- pork-barreler — a politician, especially a senator or member of Congress who is party to or benefits from a pork barrel.
- port colborne — a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- postbourgeois — (in Marxist thought) belonging to a period of society after the decline of the bourgeoisie
- postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
- postvertebral — of or relating to a vertebra or the vertebrae; spinal.
- pre-celebrate — to observe (a day) or commemorate (an event) with ceremonies or festivities: to celebrate Christmas; to celebrate the success of a new play.
- pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
- pre-described — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- pre-establish — to establish, set up, set out, arrange or make secure in advance or previously
- pre-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
- prebiological — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
- precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
- prefabricated — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- prefabricator — someone who or an organization that prefabricates
- preferability — more desirable.
- premandibular — situated in front of the mandible
- premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
- prepubescence — of or relating to the years immediately preceding puberty, prepubertal.
- prescriptible — subject to or suitable for prescription.
- pressed brick — face brick molded under pressure to a desired finish.
- presubmission — an act or instance of submitting.
- price bracket — a notional range of prices which consumers are prepared to pay for a good
- primum mobile — (in Ptolemaic astronomy) the outermost of the 10 concentric spheres of the universe, making a complete revolution every 24 hours and causing all the others to do likewise.
- prince albert — Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- private brand — a product marketed under a private label.
- private label — the label of a product, or the product itself, sold under the name of a wholesaler or retailer, by special arrangement with the manufacturer or producer.
- privy chamber — a private apartment in a royal residence.